Bishop Martyn Snow says asylum seekers staying in UK hotels are often very fragile and vulnerable
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About 30 hotels are being used to house asylum seekers in the East Midlands while the government deals with aThe Bishop of Leicester said hotels were not ideal accommodation but asked campaigners to be compassionate. "I understand people's concerns but I hope that through encounters - actually meeting those people - they'll understand that often these people are very fragile and vulnerable and they are here for very good reasons in most cases.""I think we've become a very polarised society in many ways and it's so easy to forget that what we're talking about here is not just an issue - we're talking about people," he said.
Mr Ashtari said he had spent two years in the asylum seeker system - something he said was a difficult lifestyle.
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